I had been searching for an afghan pattern that takes advantage of Kureyon’s long color runs. This block pattern is based on Barbara G. Walker’s Short-Row Stripes square in her Learn to Knit Afghan book. The original idea was to knit a square occasionally as I came across new colors of Kureyon, finishing the afghan in time to send it to college with my daughter, who is also a knitter and who loves Kureyon. Unable to stop once I began, she instead received it for her 15th birthday.

Both versions - less than one skein of Cascade 220 for crocheted shell edging.

French translation available here. Please direct any questions about the French version to Christine73

Kureyon colors used in original Lizard Ridge: From top to bottom and right to left in the picture on the bricks (top of afghan is at top left of that photo): Row 1 - 165 139 87 126 Row 2 - 153 147 53 170 Row 3 - 163 52 90 74 Row 4 - 40 166 159 134 Row 5 - 156 92 115 *** Row 6 - 154 *** *** 102 the *** blocks are made up of leftovers from the other blocks.